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I know that when picking cubies from indoor cultivation you rip them out of the casing or whatever they grew out of and get the whole thing but I read on a few posts that when picking mushrooms from the wild outdoors, then it is better to cut them at the base. Some people got cursed for picking them out of the ground whole and I was wondering what was the proper way for picking and if different from indoors, why? Thanks!

Unable to explain eloquently at the moment my reasoning and debate over the matter, I would suggest very gently screwing a mushroom out of the ground while holding the ground around the mushroom with the other hand. In this way, minimal damage is done to the surrounding mycelium and there is a decreased risk of rot decomposing the remaining portion of the stipe. The rotting stipe can infect the mycelium thereby injuring the mycelium and hampering or annihilating its future reproductive capacity.

there is no way to remove a mushroom from the ground without damaging the organism. the key is simply not to tear up every mushroom you see.

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I use scissors or snips to keep the mushrooms clean and to prevent entry of air(drying it out), water(flooding it out), or contaminants into the mycelium body, also to cause as little damage to the mycelium as possible. This helps ensure another flush from the cowpie too.

I know this a very old post but it came up in the "Related threads" screen and I find it relevent. I need to know if you cut shrooms at the stump or base in your outdoor patch, will that stump that remains rot and cause contams?

I know of only one study on what happens if you pick vs. cut off at the base vs. not pick them at all. They studied chanterelles and seemed to find that there was no difference between any of those things. The patches of mushrooms seemed to produce about the same numbers of mushrooms either way.

LolIts not like a carrot or something, another shroom will not grow out of a cut stipe.This debate may be over the myth that a fresh new cap will grow out of a cut stipe (a myth taht ive never actually heard before).